Cobweb comes from the Dutch word Kopwebbe; and Kop in that language signifies a spider.
(S.I.B.'s interesting paper on the Birth of Edward VI. and Death of Queen Jane Seymour, did not reach us till our description of Hampton Court was ready for press: our Correspondent's contribution shall appear next week.)
LIMBIRD'S EDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NOVELS IS ALREADY PUBLISHED:
s. d.Mackenzie's Man of Feeling . . . . 0 6
Paul and Virginia . . . . . . . 0 6
The Castle of Otranto. . . . . . 0 6
Almoran and Hamet . . . . . . . 0 6
Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia . 0 6
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne . 0 6
Rasselas . . . . . . . . . . 0 8
The Old English Baron. . . . . . 0 8
Nature and Art . . . . . . . . 0 8
Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield. . . 0 10
Sicilian Romance . . . . . . . 1 0
The Man of the World . . . . . . 1 0
A Simple Story . . . . . . . . 1 4
Joseph Andrews . . . . . . . . 1 6
Humphry Clinker. . . . . . . . 1 8
The Romance of the Forest . . . . 1 8
The Italian . . . . . . . . . 2 0
Zeluco, by Dr. Moore . . . . . . 2 6
Edward, by Dr. Moore . . . . . . 2 6
Roderick Random . . . . . . . 2 6
The Mysteries of Udolpho. . . . . 3 6
Peregrine Pickle . . . . . . . 4 6
Footnote 1: [(return)]
An obsolete French term of salutation, abridged from Bon prou vous, i.e. much good may it do you.
Footnote 2: [(return)]
Stow's Annals.
Footnote 3: [(return)]
Fuller's Church History.